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.IX Title "CONVERTGLS2BIB 1"
.TH CONVERTGLS2BIB 1 "2020-02-11" "perl v5.34.1" "convertgls2bib"
.\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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.nh
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBconvertgls2bib\fR [\fIoption\fR]+ \fIauxfile\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Converts a \fB.tex\fR file containing glossary definitions using
commands like \f(CW\*(C`\enewglossaryentry\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\enewacronym\*(C'\fR to 
a \fB.bib\fR file in the format required for \fBbib2gls\fR.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-\-help\fR or \fB\-h\fR" 4
.IX Item "--help or -h"
Display help message and exit.
.IP "\fB\-\-version\fR or \fB\-v\fR" 4
.IX Item "--version or -v"
Display version information and exit.
.IP "\fB\-\-silent\fR" 4
.IX Item "--silent"
Suppress all messages except for errors.
.IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fR" 4
.IX Item "--verbose"
Display messages.
.IP "\fB\-\-debug\fR" 4
.IX Item "--debug"
Display debugging messages.
.IP "\fB\-\-texenc\fR \fIname\fR" 4
.IX Item "--texenc name"
Set the character encoding to \fIname\fR for the input \fB.tex\fR files.
.IP "\fB\-\-bibenc\fR \fIname\fR" 4
.IX Item "--bibenc name"
Set the character encoding to \fIname\fR for the output \fB.bib\fR files.
.IP "\fB\-\-ignore\-sort\fR" 4
.IX Item "--ignore-sort"
Ignore the \fBsort\fR field (default).
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-sort\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-ignore-sort"
Don't ignore the \fBsort\fR field.
.IP "\fB\-\-ignore\-type\fR" 4
.IX Item "--ignore-type"
Omit the \fBtype\fR field. Default if \fB\-\-split\-on\-type\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-type\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-ignore-type"
Don't omit the \fBtype\fR field. Default unless \fB\-\-split\-on\-type\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-split\-on\-type\fR or \fB\-t\fR" 4
.IX Item "--split-on-type or -t"
Split the entries into separate files according to the \fBtype\fR field.
This option automatically implements \fB\-\-ignore\-type\fR and
\&\fB\-\-no\-overwrite\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-split\-on\-type\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-split-on-type"
Don't split the entries into separate files according to the \fBtype\fR
field (default).
.IP "\fB\-\-ignore\-category\fR" 4
.IX Item "--ignore-category"
Omit the \fBcategory\fR field. Default if \fB\-\-split\-on\-category\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-category\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-ignore-category"
Don't omit the \fBcategory\fR field. Default unless \fB\-\-split\-on\-category\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-split\-on\-category\fR or \fB\-t\fR" 4
.IX Item "--split-on-category or -t"
Split the entries into separate files according to the \fBcategory\fR field.
This option automatically implements \fB\-\-ignore\-category\fR and
\&\fB\-\-no\-overwrite\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-split\-on\-category\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-split-on-category"
Don't split the entries into separate files according to the \fBcategory\fR
field (default).
.IP "\fB\-\-ignore\-fields\fR \fIlist\fR or \fB\-f\fR \fIlist\fR" 4
.IX Item "--ignore-fields list or -f list"
Ignore all the fields in the comma-separated \fIlist\fR. If the
list includes \fBsort\fR, \fBtype\fR or \fBcategory\fR it will automatically
implement the corresponding \fB\-\-ignore\-sort\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-type\fR or
\&\fB\-\-ignore\*(--category\fR option.
.Sp
This option isn't cumulative. An empty list will clear a previously
set list but won't undo the sort, type or category ignore options.
.IP "\fB\-\-overwrite\fR" 4
.IX Item "--overwrite"
Overwrite existing .bib files. Default unless \fB\-\-split\-on\-type\fR
used.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-overwrite\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-overwrite"
Don't overwrite existing .bib files. Default if \fB\-\-split\-on\-type\fR
used.
.IP "\fB\-\-index\-conversion\fR or \fB\-i\fR" 4
.IX Item "--index-conversion or -i"
Any entries that would normally be converted to \f(CW@entry\fR that don't
have a description or just have the description set to
\&\f(CW\*(C`\enopostdesc\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`\eglsxtrnopostpunc\*(C'\fR will be converted to \f(CW@index\fR
and the \fBdescription\fR field will be omitted.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-index\-conversion\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-index-conversion"
Don't use \f(CW@index\fR instead of \f(CW@entry\fR if the description is empty or
just \f(CW\*(C`\enopostdesc\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`\eglsxtrnopostpunc\*(C'\fR (default).
.IP "\fB\-\-absorb\-see\fR" 4
.IX Item "--absorb-see"
Absorb \f(CW\*(C`\eglssee\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\eglsxtrindexseealso\*(C'\fR into the data (default).
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-absorb\-see\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-absorb-see"
Don't absorb \f(CW\*(C`\eglssee\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\eglsxtrindexseealso\*(C'\fR into the data.
.IP "\fB\-\-preamble\-only\fR or \fB\-p\fR" 4
.IX Item "--preamble-only or -p"
Only parse the document preamble.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-preamble\-only\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-preamble-only"
Parse the entire document (default).
.IP "\fB\-\-space\-sub\fR \fIvalue\fR or \fB\-s\fR \fIvalue\fR" 4
.IX Item "--space-sub value or -s value"
Substitute spaces in labels with \fIvalue\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-locale\fR \fIlang tag\fR" 4
.IX Item "--locale lang tag"
Use the language resource files associated with the given language
tag \fIlang tag\fR. If there isn't an appropriate file, the \fBen\fR
(English) file will be used.
.SH "REQUIRES"
.IX Header "REQUIRES"
Java 8 and a TeX distribution.
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
License GPLv3+: \s-1GNU GPL\s0 version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is \s-1NO WARRANTY,\s0 to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "RECOMMENDED READING"
.IX Header "RECOMMENDED READING"
The bib2gls manual:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        texdoc bib2gls
.Ve
.PP
The glossaries-extra manual:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        texdoc glossaries\-extra
.Ve
.PP
The glossaries manual:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        texdoc glossaries
.Ve
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Nicola L. C. Talbot,
<http://www.dickimaw\-books.com/>